Archive for January, 2008

News: Court set to hear class suit filed by journalists

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

THE Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) will hear on Thursday the injunction case filed by print and broadcast journalists against high-ranking government, police and military officials in connection with their arrest after the November 29 standoff at the Manila Peninsula Hotel.

News: PLDT worker in standoff surfaces

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

A PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) employee appeared before the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Wednesday to shed light on his supposed role in the November 29 standoff at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City.

News: Ex-Palace official’s car robbed

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

STILL unidentified men stole the sports utility vehicle of former presidential chief of staff Michael Defensor in front of his house at a posh La Vista in Katipunan, Quezon City on Wednesday.

News: Yano asks Army soldiers to respect Esperon’s term extension

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

THE commanding general of the 80,000-strong Philippine Army (PA) urged the officers and members of the Army to respect the decision of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to extend the term of Armed Forces Chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr. for three months.

Business: Airline to stop Manila-Europe flight

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

DUE to “strong competition,” carrier Lufthansa AG on Wednesday announced that it would cease the Manila-Europe flight starting April.

News: CA assures Melo of ‘fair’ confirmation hearings

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

SENATE President Manuel “Manny” Villar said the Commission on Appointments (CA) will be “fair and within the rules” in handling the confirmation process of former Supreme Court (SC) justice Jose Melo’s appointment as chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

Lifestyle: Education office slates achievement test

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

THE Department of Education (DepEd) is set to administer the National Achievement Test (NAT) in March 2008, an annual assessment to determine what the students know, understand and are capable of doing at their level.

News: Oil firms to roll back prices of diesel

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

OIL companies announced last Tuesday that it is rolling back prices of diesel by P1 per liter on weekends.

Lifestyle: Education office slates achievement test

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

THE Department of Education (DepEd) is set to administer the National Achievement Test (NAT) in March 2008, an annual assessment to determine what the students know, understand and are capable of doing at their level.

News: JI forces weaken: military chief

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

ARMED Forces Chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said the strength of the Southeast Asian regional terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) has declined to around 20 men in the country, from a high of at least 30 to 40 men several years ago.